Polymer Films With Embedded Metal Nanoparticles

This book gives an overview of the nanostructure and the resulting electronicand optical properties of metal nanoparticles embedded in insulating polymermatrice... » 

This book gives an overview of the nanostructure and the resulting electronicand optical properties of metal nanoparticles embedded in insulating polymermatrices. The preparation of such materials is reviewed with special attentionto thin film deposition techniques. Deposition parameters chemical andphysical properties of the matrix material as well as the application potentialof such films are described. Extensive investigations of the nanostructure arepresented and detailed descriptions of the particle geometry given. As a resultof various diffusion processes during thermal annealing or electron and laserbeam irradiation substantial changes of the metal particle size are observed.Extensive measurements of the electronic and optical properties are presentedto demonstrate the detailed relationships between nanostructure and elctronicand optical properties. Modelling of the optical properties with varioustheories is explained in detail. TOC1. Introduction 2. Film Deposition 3.Nanostructure 4. Changes of the Nanostructure 5. Electronic Properties 6.Nanostructure and Optical Properties 7. Summary. «